SD Trip Day Six * A Day of Many Wonders

Wednesday, 2 July

I wonder. . . can it Rain in Manderson? Is it possible? Yup, sure is! Last year when we came to Manderson, they had been in a drought for eight years. This year, the drought was over, and it even rained last night. That didn't mean it would cool down too much, though. Today was hot & dry, like nearly every other day, although it certainly was not as hot as it had been last year.

I wonder. . . can we pray for a little boy wrestling with the biggest decision of his life? At breakfast this morning, I shared with our team my observations of Robert from the previous day and asked everyone to pray for him.

I wonder. . . what would it be like to witness a miracle? That miracle. . . my friend Robert asked more questions during VBS this morning. In fact, during music, he asked the best question of all. . . how to ask Jesus into his heart. Chris & Patty, our music leaders, spoke with him, felt he strongly understood what he was doing, and led Robert to become a Christian!

I wonder. . . can we serve 350 people in an hour? Sure can! Tonight, we served the community what is probably their favorite meal. . . Indian Taco Supper. Start with Indian fry bread, which is probably loaded with fat but it is oh so good!. . . and top it off with all the traditional taco fixings, and you have an Indian taco. Yummy!

I wonder. . . where can one find wild turnips? Just after the taco supper, one of local guys, named Alu (short for some long name, which he told me, but I never could understand), told us he knew a good place to find and dig up wild turnips. So, Micah & I & about ten other people (Micah is shown with our friend Dave Hart, from our church, in this picture) hiked around the base of Camel's Back Mountain, looking for turnips, or, as I like to say, "Turnip/Snipe Hunting". We went round and round, lost Alu a time or two, got prickly pokey weeds stuck in our shoes, saw some pretty wildflowers, found Alu, and hiked back down the mountain at dusk with one measly turnip, which, I found out, is not enough to make turnip soup as Alu had hoped to do. He claimed that someone had probably already dug up all the turnips on Camel's Back and that there were probably more turnips on another mountain. We didn't really think it would be a good idea to take him up on his offer to go find that particular mountain, wherever it might have been. . .